| Literature DB >> 9850342 |
S J Nayler1, L Taylor, K Cooper.
Abstract
Follicular dendritic cell tumours are rare malignancies derived from the follicular dendritic cells of lymphoid follicles. These tumours have been associated with Epstein-Barr virus infections and with the hyaline vascular subtype of Castleman's disease. Because many examples of Castleman's disease have been associated with Kaposi's sarcoma associated herpes virus (HHV-8), this study uses polymerase chain reaction technology to examine five cases of follicular dendritic cell tumours for HHV-8. One of these cases had previously been documented to arise from pre-existing Castleman's disease. HHV-8 DNA was not detected in any of the follicular dendritic cell tumours examined, or in the original case of Castleman's disease. These findings suggest that HHV-8 plays no role in the aetiology of follicular dendritic cell tumours and the cause of this tumour remains obscure.Entities:
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Year: 1998 PMID： 9850342 PMCID： PMC395631 DOI： 10.1136/mp.51.3.168
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Mol Pathol ISSN： 1366-8714